FIFE COUNCIL have committed to helping fix the potholes on the road at Charlestown Green.

Councillor Brian Goodall, who has been fighting to get the damage fixed, consulted the Council's legal teams to determine who was responsible for the road repairs.

Sharing the outcome with his constituents on Facebook, he wrote: "On review of the documentation I was able to forward on from the Broomhall Estate, a solicitor from the Council’s legal services has confirmed that the Council does have responsibility for the roads around the green, so that’s the western sections of North Row and South Row.

"The Council do not, however, own the roads, as it was only the ownership of the green itself that was transferred, along with the transfer of the responsibility for maintenance of the roads surrounding it. This explains why these roads don’t show up as being the Council’s responsibility when they are looked up on the Council’s land mapping system.

"A request has now been put in for some kind of note to be added to that mapping system to avoid confusion about responsibilities happening again in the future.

"The upshot of all this is that Fife Council’s Lead Consultant for Network Management has now backed my call for the potholes around the green to be made safe using the optional powers that are available to the transportation service. I hope this will now lead to some positive action around the green in the near future. It really shouldn’t be this hard."

Bill Liddle, Fife Council's roads maintenance service manager, explained that although the road at Charlestown Green isn't owned by the council, some repairs will be carried out.

He said: "We have a small budget that can be used in some circumstances to repair private roads. We're able to help at Charlestown Green and we'll be carrying out repairs during the summer."

While the potholes are on their way to being mended, Cllr Goodall hopes to tackle the state of the Green's edging next.

He told the Press: "I'm hopeful that this means we should now see some action on the worst of the potholes soon, but given the deterioration of the edging all round the green, due to cars and lorries not sticking to the road, I've called for the development of a project to re-edge it, possibly with porous pavers, to address this problem for the long term.

"I'll now be working with council officers to identify how this might be funded."